Motions and amendments taken to NUS NEC, 13th August
Motions and amendments taken by ENS member Sofie Buckland to NUS National Executive Committee meeting, Monday 13 August. A report on that meeting will follow shortly.
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China: students exploited by both schools and employers in summer work programmes
On 24 June 2007, Liang Xiaowen, a 16 year-old student from Maoming in southwest Guangdong, got on a bus to China’s manufacturing heartland, Dongguan. Xiaowen’s father was seriously ill and suffered from long-term paralysis, and her mother could only earn 200 yuan a month to support the entire family. Xiaowen had been told by a representative of Maoming’s South China Electrical Engineering College that she could earn 900 yuan a month working during the summer break at a factory in Dongguan. It seemed like an excellent opportunity to earn some extra money for her family and pay for next year’s school fees, however as soon as Xiaowen got on the bus, reality began to dawn.
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Thai students create online petition to support migrant workers
From the Irrawaddy News Magazine
A group of Thai students have set up an online petition to gather support against provincial decrees aimed at migrant workers, which they say are a gross violation of human rights.
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Solidarity appeal from University of Minnesota workers
From trade unionists in the USA, addressed to activists at the University of Birmingham
I am writing to you from the union office on the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota in Duluth (USA). This week the non-academic workers on the UMD campus, the technical, clerical, and medical workers, will be voting whether or not to strike! We believe that there will be a vote to strike.
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Crichton saved?
Back in March, ENS reported on the campaign to save Crichton, a satellite campus of the university of Glasgow. It appears that the campaign may finally have won a victory.
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Solidarity with the Haifa seven
From Israeli activists
Protest the harassment of seven Jewish and Arab students from Haifa University, who held a peaceful anti-racist picket on campus!
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NUS’s Five Demands
On the announcement of Brown’s effective coronation as the new Prime Minister, the NUS leadership immediately released a set of five demands for students upon the new government. This is NUS NEC member Sofie Buckland’s response.
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NUS Women’s Committee July 2007 report
A report of the July 2007 meeting of the National Union of Students Women’s Committee. The supporters of ENS Women on NUS Women’s Committee are Laura Schwartz and Sophie Day (Open Place jobshare) and Teodora Todorova (Bisexual Rep). Laura and Teodora attended this meeting; Sophie couldn’t make it. Sofie Buckland from NUS NEC also attended as an observer.
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Feminist Fightback ‘07
The second annual Feminist Fightback conference.
University of East London
Nearest tube: Cyprus (DLR)
For more info, click here or email.
Demonstration in solidarity with workers, women and students in Iran
12-3pm, 16 Prince’s Gate, London SW7 1PT
(Tube: High Street Kensington)
For more info, email the organisers or visit their website.
Demonstrate in solidarity with workers, women and students in Iran
As part of the week of action in support of Iranian workers supported by international unions including the International Transport Workers’ Federation, activists in Britain will be demonstrating outside the embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Thursday 9 August.
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